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Kosovo Parliament Votes to Create an Army, Defying Serbia and NATO (NYT)

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Kosovo’s Parliament on Friday overwhelmingly approved the formation of an army from its security forces, a move fiercely opposed by NATO and neighboring Serbia, which said it would threaten peace in the war-scarred Balkan region.

All 107 lawmakers present in the 120-seat Parliament voted in favor of passing three draft laws to turn the 4,000-member Kosovo Security Force into a lightly armed army.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/world/europe/kosovo-army-serbia-nato

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